U23 World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Ladislao Columbo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Ladislao Columbo put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Rozen Lipsky. In the 10th match minute, G.R. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reuven Speyer to maneuver through the defense. If Ladislao Columbo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Fabio Lore managed to get in a good position for a shot. Granate's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabio Lore was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rozen Lipsky breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to G.R. getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Lavan Ziton hit a great ball. Fernan Chepe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rozen Lipsky having to interfere. Fernan Chepe kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. G.R.'s Rozen Lipsky proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save G.R. from getting a goal against them. In the 26th minute, Hen Shukrun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes into the game, G.R.'s Reuven Speyer nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Palmquist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Ladislao Columbo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rozen Lipsky firmly grabbed it by the left post. The corner ended in Filiberto Rubio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but G.R.'s Rozen Lipsky did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Ziss in the 37th minute of play forced Granate's goalkeeper Jonathan Palmquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toren Potterman in the 38th minute of play forced Granate's goalkeeper Jonathan Palmquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

G.R.'s Jankel Veneziani was substituted for Joshua Ziss. The wind increased when Toren Potterman made the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Reuven Speyer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the G.R. and the Granate players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to G.R. getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Reuven Speyer hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Akiba Gilardi got free with Jonathan Palmquist in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fabio Lore's late challenge caught a G.R.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabio Lore helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th minute, Fabio Lore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Palmquist made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Toren Potterman sent off a good shot on target. Jonathan Palmquist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reuven Speyer in the 69th minute of play. Toren Potterman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Jonathan Palmquist made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Toren Potterman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Palmquist was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. After 73 played minutes G.R. got a freekick which was hit by Gershon Uzan. Ladislao Columbo might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rozen Lipsky. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ladislao Columbo ran back to his position shaking his head. Rozen Lipsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ladislao Columbo in the 76th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Ladislao Columbo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rozen Lipsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ladislao Columbo in the 80th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 83rd minute of the game. One of Granate:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of G.R.:s goal. Granate:s Jonathan Palmquist showed great skill when he stopped Giovanni Ben Yochay:s penalty. After 85 minutes of play, G.R.'s Giovanni Ben Yochay made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Palmquist was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of G.R. booed when Granate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joaquin Ezkerra didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90th minute, Reuven Speyer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 95th minute Fabio Lore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rozen Lipsky saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Lore in the 97th minute of play forced G.R.'s goalkeeper Rozen Lipsky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rozen Lipsky came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by Granate's Ladislao Columbo. But to his dismay, Ladislao Columbo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.